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No, but I was thinking that's how they were going to start the season. It seems like such an obvious pairing to try.

I guess where I'm headed is if it occurs the opposite way...we send Lehner to the Amerks for conditioning.

I like his tracking, positioning, and he has become more aggressive each NHL game he has played. I'm afraid the book on him for now will be to get him down. When he's down he looks like he's trapped in one of those sumo wrestler costumes. He seemed to be down and rolling around less tonight, and wasn't sitting nearly as far back into the crease as he had the prior two games. So, he's getting coached and responding. I assume we have our pair, now, until Lehner comes back. I wonder what they'll decide to do when Lehner's ready, especially if our goalies are doing "okay", if not "pretty good".

Interesting take, and I like it. I wonder if Bylsma has toyed with the idea of putting Jack on the fourth line, just to give him space for a shift or two until the other team figures it out. And, now that you mentioned it, I wonder if this is part of the reason why Bylsma keeps re-ordering the lines; not just to look for chemistry, but as an experiment to see how a lack of structure affects his team, and the opposition's matching. That'd be a really heady game, right there.

Can I stow away in your carry-on on the way back? I won't steal anything. Promise.

Oooo...I like Ullmark's little celebration. Need more scoring, though.

ROR pretty quiet tonight.

Alamo!

Samson! Take that, nay-sayers.

Gorges is riding the razor's edge tonight with his hitting.

I'm not motion-sensitive, but this camera work is going to make me ill.

The ice; they're not making snow with their skates, they're making slush.

What'd they do, put pins in his hips?

Gotta get those commercials in!

I haven't had much of a problem with this game so far. The only thing that jumps out is how having Ennis back totally spoiled the lines.

I like everything about Ullmark except his inability to quickly get up once he's down on the ice.

Haha! Olde tymes.

"...our prices are INSANE!"

OMG, anyone remember the PIX video game contests on TV? "pix...pix...pix...pix..."

I haven't posted a thing about Foligno since the start of the season. Nope, not me.

Their passing, in the main, is looking sharp.

The goalie of the team we root for is looking pretty okay so far.

I'm not sure, yet, what to make of this, but when I watch other games, I generally don't see games with the same pace and sense of urgency as I do with Sabres games this season. Maybe it's me, but it seems since the Sabres are playing at a higher tempo this year, the opposing teams are matching (of course), but, again it's a higher energy level per game compared to other teams throughout the league.

I think your logic is backwards. The crowds at games are chanting "no means no" to him. He HAS to pursue a defamation suit if he can to help clear his name. As this thread illustrates, just having the case dismissed won't be enough PR for Kane or the Blackhawks.

I agree with this whole-heartedly. Both! Duh.